Nice review again W1zz.. although the card itself doesnt impress me much with performance gain(2% max over stock).. noise@load too seems on the higher side.. the temps dont look great either.. the stock card can OC to 1205 MHz compared to 1230MHz of the TFIII, while temp@load+OC for stock is 71C against 74C of the TFIII.. without OC both stock & TFIII hover around 69C.. so what is the real purpose of TFIII other than 'marginally' better OC capability (&10$ hike)?

btw.. I like the new 'Verdict icons' used by TPU! when was it updated?.. even old reviews seem updated with this

i don't get it, the msi twinfrozer cooler is dead silent on some geforce cards and they consume more power, it's just 155w and it's noisy? what's up with that?
crappy tim or weak airflow in the case wizz test those cards?
45db is not normal for a twinfrozer cooler

So in a perfect world this would have been the competition for the 680 (both being a mid-high level card)

I think it could have been very easy for AMD to have done the same thing nV did.Crank up the core and mem and let it fly.Clock for Clock the 680 is faster but some things could have been tweaked and changed to to fix that.

Nice card.If it only cost about $250 AMD would sale these things like crack.

What happened to the days of getting a game with your video card? The first card manufacturer that sets up a plan with STEAM to offer either a game credit or a monetary limit is going to get more customers. Sure custom PCB and aftermarket fans are all great but in the end people/we buy these things to play games.